By Shoma A. Chatterji

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Calcutta, Jan 27, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) After the thumping box office success of Autograph, his debut film and a Databazaar Media acquisition, actor-filmmaker Srijit Mukherjee has one more feather on his feathered cap – his second film Baishe Srabon is a big hit once again and has again been acquired by Databazaar Media for streaming and telecasting throughout North America and Canada. Nailed for an interview, this is what Srijit has to say about his second film.

What is the significance of the title of your film that coincides with Tagore’s death anniversary and is also the title of a Mrinal Sen film of yore?

The significance of the title is organically linked to the plot. Each murder is committed to coincide with the date of birth, etc of some famous Bengali poet. I would hate to explain the true significance without giving away the plot. I can definitely say, the film has got nothing to do with the legendary Mrinal Sen's Baishey Srabon.

A lot of abusive language filled with invectives and four-letter words have been used in the film. Didn’t you face problems with the Censor Board?

We got an “A” certificate but that is about it. If there is an uniform set of guidelines, the language we have used in Baishe Srabon nothing compared to what we have seen in Hindi films like Omkara, Kaminey, Shaitaan, Delhi Belly etc. Most importantly, the abuses are there in accordance with the script and the character.

Washington, D.C.­, Jan 26, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) The brilliant, Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman returns to perform a program of works by Brahms, Liszt and Prokofiev at The Music Center at Strathmore on March 2. Bronfman’s technique and exceptional lyrical gifts have won consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences worldwide for his solo recitals, orchestral engagements and broad catalog of recordings.

Said the New York Times of Bronfman’s “fine musical instincts” in a performance with the New York Philharmonic, “Bronfman played every passage with clarity and honesty. During the vehement episodes [he performed] with steely power and uncanny ease. Yet in the slow movement he showed another side, playing with exceptional elegance and milky pianissimos.” Said the Chicago Sun Times of Bronfman’s performance of Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto, “As soloist, the ever-phenomenal Yefim Bronfman showed how this often banged-about score can be played with both technical and musical finesse.”

Bronfman’s 2010-2011 North American season highlights included performances of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the orchestras of Houston, Cincinnati and St. Louis, and Brahms’s Second Text Box: Who: Yefim Bronfman Where: The Music Center at Strathmore When: Friday, March 2 at 8p.m. Program: Brahms Sonata in F minor, Op. 5 Liszt Selections from Transcendental Études, S.139 Prokofiev Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major Tickets: $23-65, available at www.wpas.org or (202) 785-WPAS (9727). Piano Concerto with the orchestras of Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles, among others. He performed with Europe’s most celebrated orchestras, including the Concertgebouw, the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic and Berlin Staatskapelle. In the fall, Bronfman and long-time friend and collaborator Pinchas Zukerman toured the U.S., with concerts in Chicago, Kansas City, Boston and at Carnegie Hall.

Washington, D.C., Jan 26, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) Internationally recognized for his electrifying performances and penetrating interpretations, and compared by Gramophone to the young Evgeny Kissin, 18-year-old British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor makes his Kennedy Center debut at the Terrace Theater on March 3.

Grosvenor is “one in a million – several million,” said The Independent.

Grosvenor is among the world’s most sought-after young pianists. He took center stage playing Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto on the BBC’s first night of the Proms last summer, the youngest soloist in the history of that eminent concert series and proof of both his credentials and popularity with British audiences. Said a review in The Guardian, “revelling in [the concerto’s] brilliance and conveying its blend of showmanship and poetry with easy assurance…He then went on to dazzle with an encore: one of Brahms's Hungarian dances arranged by Georges Cziffra, delivered with breathtaking panache.” Said The Observer of Grosvenor’s first disc on the Decca label, also released last summer, “This shows his ability to twin youthful exuberance with impeccable technique and magisterial musical intelligence. Grosvenor’s balance of oratory and ornament, gesture and poetry – evident, too, in Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit– are moving as well as impressive. He’s a phenomenon: modest, poised and natural, as well as brimming with talent.” Said Gramophone, “To call such playing that of a master-pianist will invite accusations of exaggeration and hyperbole – but what else can I say?” “It’s is hard to know which is the more startling in a pianist still in his mid-teens: the all-encompassing mastery of technique, or the flair and maturity of imagination. He really is a rare talent,” said International Piano Magazine.

The Bengali short story Achin Pakhi by Tapas Kiran Roy is presented in Unicode Bangla font. Roy is writing for a couple of years now and he has been published across various online Bengali magazines including Ichchamati, Joydhak, Diala Kochikancha, Banglalive, Tilottama Bangla, Madhukari, Parabaas and our own WBRi Online Bengali Magazine. The author can be reached at tkray1950 [at] gmail [dot] com.

Read all about Tapas Kiran Roy in a short biography of the author.

You can send your stories, poems and creative writing for publication in our online magazine section by e-mail to submissions@washingtonbanglaradio.com.

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রানাঘাট প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয়ে পড়তাম--স্কুলের নাম ছিলো,পাল চৌধরী প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয়।স্থানীয় জমিদার তারা পালচৌধরীর পরনো বাড়ির দোতলায় বসতো স্কুল।

The Bengali poem "Makorsha O Machi" (The Spider and the Fly) by Tapas Kiran Roy is presented in Unicode Bangla font. Roy is writing for a couple of years now and he has been published across various online Bengali magazines including Ichchamati, Joydhak, Diala Kochikancha, Banglalive, Tilottama Bangla, Madhukari, Parabaas and our own WBRi Online Bengali Magazine. The author can be reached at tkray1950 [at] gmail [dot] com.

Read all about Tapas Kiran Roy in a short biography of the author.

You can send your stories, poems and creative writing for publication in our online magazine section by e-mail to submissions@washingtonbanglaradio.com.

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